Song and Popular Culture: Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice

Michael Ahlers; Jan Herbst; Knut Holtsträter

Song and Popular Culture: Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice

Michael Ahlers (Editor), Jan Herbst (Editor), Knut Holtsträter (Editor)

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Abstract

Popular music revolves around songwriting, as songs are essential to creating a musical product, along with its performance, distribution, and commercial use. This yearbook sheds light on various historical and contemporary discourses, debates, and issues in popular music songwriting.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Münster
Publisher	Waxmann Verlag GMBH
Number of pages	304
Volume	69
ISBN (Print)	9783818800512
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2025

Publication series

Name	Yearbook 'Lied und Populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture' of the Centre for Popular Culture and Music
Publisher	Waxman
Volume	69

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Song and Popular Culture : Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice. / Ahlers, Michael (Editor); Herbst, Jan (Editor); Holtsträter, Knut (Editor).

Münster : Waxmann Verlag GMBH, 2025. 304 p. (Yearbook 'Lied und Populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture' of the Centre for Popular Culture and Music; Vol. 69).

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